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| Sound recording, story and song; a Jewish creation myth, told and sung by Ben Zimet, as part of The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration, at The First International Storytelling Festival at Battersea Arts Centre, London, 2nd February 1985 | |
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| A Jewish mystical story about love, the creation of time, and separation, with sections of song in Yiddish told and sung by Ben Zimet. The heart of the world falls in love with the sight of a spring in a mountain. The heart moves towards the spring, but it remains within view. As darkness falls, the heart realises it will loose sight of the spring and begins to sing. The spring and all the animals of the world hear and join in with the song, which allows more time to be woven. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
| language:- | English; Yiddish |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair; poor |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds |
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| The First International Storytelling Festival took place at Battersea Arts Centre, (Venue Director Jude Kelly) London, in 1985, and was the first international festival of storytelling held in the UK. It ran for 7 days, from Monday Jan 28th to Sunday Feb 3rd. The festival was initiated and directed by Ben Haggarty who had been involved in running the West London Storytelling unit and Storytelling Unit Clubnights since 1982/1983. It was funded by a guarantee against loss from the GLC. The festival programmed included performances for adult audiences, talks and lectures, school sessions, a festival 'clubnight' and a teacher's conference on Storytelling in Education. | |
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| storytelling; singing:- |
storyteller: Ben Zimet male / Canadian / Belgium / Polish / Jewish |
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| origin:- |
Jewish |
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| images of Ben Zimet delivering a talk during the festival | |
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| publicity for Ben Zimet at the festival | |
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| Festival poster | |
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| biography for Ben Zimet printed in festival flyer | |
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| festival flyer front cover | |
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| festival flyer showing introduction | |
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| festival flyer showing festival timetable | |
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| festival flyer full page spread showing artists biographies | |
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| festival flyer back cover showing booking and access details for the festival advertisments and acknowledgments | |
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| additional festival flyer in orginal format ready for photcopying | |
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| Click to enlarge images | |
| programming:- |
Festival Artistic Director: Ben Haggarty |
| storytelling; singing:- |
Lavender Hill, London, England: Battersea Arts Centre
02 Feb 1985 festival: The First International Storytelling Festival The Grand Storytelling Festival Celebration The Festival Clubnight |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
email to The LCIS